9th Musique@5pm: OpéraM3F - Carmen

⭐ 9e Musique@17h: OpéraM3F - let yourself be moved by the beauty, intimacy and power of vocal music in Montreal's incredible Art Deco heritage venue, the 9th Grand Hall!

OperaM3F's professional singers perform bold opera scenes including Carmen, a dramatic and passionate love story that is one of the most popular operas of all time, in a dazzling musical adventure where audience interaction creates a lively and immersive experience.

9e Musique@17h, on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. for one hour, invites the public to enjoy a drink during the concerts, meet the artists and make reservations at the 9e Île-de-France restaurant for the post-concert dinner.

Highlights
🏛 Be moved! Join in this dazzling musical adventure in Montreal's impressive Art Deco heritage venue, the 9th Grande Salle!
🏆 OpéraM3F presents winning designers from the OPUS and JUNO PRIZES
🏆 OpéraM3F artistic director Kristin Hoff is winner of the Mécénat Musica PRIX GOYER
🌎 OpéraM3F is carrying out a project unique in the world - the creation of new Canadian operas that give voice to new, unique and diverse stories
🥂 Stay after the concert to meet the musicians and chat over a drink

General Info
📅 Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5 p.m
📍 Location: Le 9e Grande Salle - 1500 blvd Robert-Bourassa
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (approx.). Doors open 60 minutes before the concert and latecomers will not be admitted.
👤 Age requirement: 8+. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible.
❓ Read the FAQ for this event here
🪑 Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

Artists

• Kristin Hoff, mezzo-soprano and Artistic Director of OpéraM3F at the 9th Great Hall, possesses  "appealing clarity and emotional weight." - New York Times
• Ellen Wieser, soprano, "a powerful, lucid voice... Wieser...simply flew away." - The American Interest, D.C.
• Mishael Eusebio, tenor, "his fine, intelligent and perfectly articulated singing is admirable, and the timbre is superb." - Le Devoir
• Bruno Roy, baritone, has "an imposing stage presence, a baritone voice squillante and very wide, and a beautiful personality." - La Scena Musicale
• Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe is "a dynamic and sensitive pianist" - La Scena Musicale

Description
9th Musique@17h presents OpéraM3F - CARMEN, a dazzling musical adventure where audience interaction creates a living, immersive experience, in a musical and theatrical experience rich in emotion, between dramatic intensity, humor and modernity. 

Press releases
💬 Montreal Theatre Hub ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "... exactly what opera needs... bold, contemporary, poetic... theatrical..."
💬 Revue l'Opéra ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Impressively unified, the hour-long work is a constant bewitchment, a parenthesis of bliss."
💬 BarczaBlog ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A deeply moving play that had a profound effect on me."
💬 Ludwig van Montréal ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A fine opportunity to hear Canadian women composers and librettists whose notes and words echo our troubled times."

In addition to your concert, you can also book dinner at the Ile-de-France restaurant, with a meal prepared by renowned chefs Derek Dammann and Liam Hopkins. Book here. Floor plan